| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 4-Nov-2012 Edinburgh Playhouse | RSNO play music from Final Fantasy |
Coincidence can add resonance to timing. The day after enjoying BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking discussion about the relevance and future of live classical music, I found myself at just the sort of event that could have informed the debate. The audience was, in the main, very young and comprised: portly, indoor boys with little evidence of recent brisk walks; nattily dressed, imaginatively coiffured couples; and people in costume, including one young man in articulated, plastic armour and a long blonde wig. What could possibly have occasioned such a gathering?
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| 23-Sep-2012 St Mary's Parish Church | Lammermuir Festival: Fauré Requiem with Northern Sinfonia and NYCOS |
If three years is sufficient to constitute a tradition then, traditionally, a Lammermuir Festival ends with a sell-out concert in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington. And if year three is sufficiently far along the line to break with tradition, then this year’s surprise was not box-office focused but based on choice of repertoire; not a Bach/Handel finish, but an all-French programme.
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| 21-Apr-2011 Sage: Hall One | National Youth Choir of Scotland |
| Visiting the Sage to perform a larger concert tomorrow night with the National Youth Orchestra, the National Youth Choir of Scotland presented a solo recital this evening, showcasing, we were told, some of their recent repertoire and favourite pieces, including contemporary arrangements of Scottish folk songs.
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